Then, with the sound of a horn, both sides were making final preparations and mobilization.

Although far away, Zhang Wuji could still clearly see the figures scurrying on the walls of Hongdu, as well as the young general wielding a war knife and constantly commanding.

Seeing that the young general was preparing in an orderly manner, Zhang Wuji also fell in love with talent at the moment.

Zhu Wen is a rare general. The Battle of Hongdu successfully resisted the attack of 600,000 troops with 20,000 soldiers and horses, which can be called a miracle in the history of ancient warfare.

But then Zhang Wuji sighed again.

Now he understands Cao Cao very well, the sad feeling of cherishing talent but not being able to.

If it were someone else's, Zhang Wuji would like to try to persuade him to surrender with high-ranking officials. But this Zhu Wen is a special character, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's blood relatives and nephews. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng's descendants were awarded the title of county king as royal princes and nobles.

Although Zhu Wenzheng's fate in the end was also suspicious of Zhu Yuanzhang, he ended up depressed. But Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been decisive in killing, did not kill him, and let his descendants inherit the throne, which shows that the relationship between the uncle and nephew is unbreakable.

Although Zhang Wuji cherishes his talents, he is not used by me, so he has to "tear and kill the horse".

Zhu Wenzheng was in full swing preparing for the next round of defending the city.

And Chen Youliang's side also made the final preparations, rows of crossbowmen, who were already standing behind the death squad, ready.

And all kinds of bed crossbows, hard crossbows, and stone throwers are ready to go. Just waiting for the final drums of attack to sound, the army immediately began to attack.

However, it is worth mentioning here that although artillery has appeared in this era, artillery in this era is now used more to defend cities. And the real siege weapon is still a stone thrower, a return cannon.

Because the artillery and gunpowder of this era were still in the most primitive stage, the gunpowder was not very powerful, the height of the projectile projectile was not high, and the killing distance was not very far.

Moreover, the artillery of this era was still cast in copper and pig iron. Compared with modern alloy steel, the strength is far less.

Moreover, there is no way to standardize gunpowder, and it is easy to explode if there is too much gunpowder, and it will not achieve the killing effect if there is less gunpowder. Therefore, firearms such as artillery and primary firearms were mostly used for condescending defense during this period, rather than as a feint to storm a city.

A quarter of an hour later, the melodious sound of the horn sounded again. And the sound of the horn is accompanied by the sound of drums that resounded throughout the four fields.

The ancients said, "One blow of energy, and then three declines and exhaustion." "Beat the drum and march, and retreat. It is the unchanging truth of the era of cold weapons.

With the sound of drums, the morale of the siege team under Chen Youliang was instantly high.

The engineers, who carried the ladder, were the first to launch a charge under the command of the centurion.

The siege squads with swords and shields in their hands and armor followed the sappers in the sequence of the second phalanx.

With sappers and death squads rushed forward. Under the command of the centurions, the archers threw their bed crossbows, hard crossbows, and heavy bows at the Hongdu city. Cover the attack of the besieging troops with a rain of arrows.

Zhang Wuji sat on the trunk of the mountain at this time and looked at this ancient siege battle, and he was a little selfless for a while.

Although he had been mentally prepared before, he was still shocked by this big scene.

Previously, he had only seen siege battles depicted in TV dramas. But maybe it's because of the budget, or because of the safety of the extras. There is no way to truly restore that scene.

But now that I have traveled to this ancient parallel time and space, I have the opportunity to witness the most tragic siege battles with my own eyes. Naturally, he was a little addicted to it.

However, after seeing this meeting, Zhang Wuji didn't want to appear now to stop this war.

Sun Tzu said, "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Although he is strong in martial arts and has read Wu Mu's suicide note, the real war and the theory in the books are always two different things. He wanted to see how these ancients conquered the city, and then find out the flaws in it, and then he appeared again to shock the audience.

After all, there is only one chance, and he has to be cautious.

And what really calmed Zhang Wuji down was actually the super high fighting quality displayed by Chen Youliang's army.

Because the real battle was not at all what he imagined.

First of all, the charge of the ancient soldiers was not brainless, nor was it dense, but charged in various concise phalanxes.

Influenced by the TV series, he felt that siege warfare was like a group of ant-like soldiers charging forward like a tide. Then a small number of high-quality people ascended the city, captured the flag and killed the generals, and finally won the title for merit.

Moreover, in order to reflect the grandeur of the scene and for the sake of visual effects, some directors have made a lot of arrangements that violate military common sense.

For example, the siege charge of Chen Youliang's troops in front of him is very different from that in film and television dramas. The TV series is chaotic, and both offense and defense in front of him are measured and orderly.

It shows that the war wisdom of the ancients is not lost to modern people at all.

Although the sappers were the first to charge, the death squads with swords and shields behind them quickly rushed in front of the sappers.

And these people are not a chaotic "crowd charge". It's a group of three or five in a very orderly manner. Even these soldiers will use the shield in their left hand to form a "shield formation" to protect themselves and their comrades, as well as the sappers who help them build bridges and ladders to avoid the damage of the stray arrows defending the city.

And once someone is accidentally shot by a stray arrow, let alone dead, even if they are injured. Then the others will drag him out as well. Then the nearest person immediately took his place and continued to sprint forward with the ladder.

And when everyone attacked, they also charged in a fixed formation, and even if the injured person was thrown out, he would not block the road and be trampled by the follow-up teammates.

Of course, as for whether he will be shot into a hedgehog by the archers defending the city without any protection, this is not a question for them, the charging soldiers. As long as he doesn't interfere with the followers to keep up with the charge. As for whether he dies or not, it doesn't matter.

And when they charged, the archers would cover them from behind. And as they charged, the archers covering behind them would also follow them forward in an orderly manner.

After all, the phalanx of archers has no protection. It would be unwise for them to move forward if they did not attract the enemy's arrows to the besieging troops.

Before and after the engineers arrived at the trench, they quickly and skillfully erected bridges and ladders for the follow-up troops. When the bridge ladder was erected, the death squad responsible for the charge crossed the bridge ladder and rushed under the city wall.

Under the walls, they will no longer be threatened by the rain of arrows, but they will also have to be careful of the rolling wood and stones thrown down from the walls.

Then the follow-up engineers also followed the bridge ladder and erected the siege ladder on the city wall.

Then the engineers either used manpower or heavy objects to firmly set up the ladder and hold it up, and then the elite soldiers of the charging death squad began to climb.

And Zhang Wuji also noticed a very special point. It is also a method of climbing the city that is not acted in film and television dramas at all.

(End of chapter)